St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-08
PROGRAMME CHANGED.
The Hardness of Congress in Confirm
ing Gov. Church Richards the
Inaugural.
It is Expected That Gov. Pierce Will
Not Surrender His Office Till
Thursday.
A Review of the Fight for the Council
Presidency and House
Speakership.
A Globe IS Notes Upon Legisla-
tors as They Pass Through
Jamestown.
Special to the Globe.

Gpecldl 10 INC OiODe
BIsAlARCK, Oak, Jan. THE pro-
gramme as originally laid out for the con-
vening Of the legislature next Thursday
has been changed somewhat. 1t was eX-
pected that on Tuesday Gov. Pierce would
deliver his farewell and Gov Church would
read his inaugural but the hardness Of
congress in confirming Gov. Church'S APP
pomtment has rendered this impossible, and
is rather embarrassing to Gov. Pierce i'll
more ways than one He claims that he is
anxious to shake off the gubernatorlal robe,
to enable him to fulfill his contract as head
of \ Northwestern newspaper bureau. AS
it is, his hands are tied. He says: Il
have got bushel of stuff for
my paper, but L can't use it till
my successor is sworn into office, for
it would place me in bad OdOr." 1t is
hardly possible that Gov. Church'S commits
sion can reach here early enough to war
rant his Inauguration next Tuesday. and it
will probably be postponed until Thursday,
or possibly later. The new appointee is
expected to arrive here Sunday or Monday,
accompanied bv several South Dakota legs-
latorS. If plurality of candidates portendS
fight there will be lively scrimmage for
the clerkShip of the council. There are al
ready six candidates for that office with
other counties to hear from. First in the
seXtette comes John f. Bennett, of Clark,
then A w. Howard, of YanktOn, Ted
Kingsberry, Of Wahpeton, Gen. j. B. Den
mis-, of Yankton, E. d. Smith, of Glendale,
Bob Wallace. of jamestown. and c. f.
Mallahan, of Elk Point. 1t is hard to tell
who will pick the plum, but Benefits
chances seem the brightest AS yet there
are no candidates announced for clerk of
the lower house.
MEAIBERS OF THE TERRITORIAL LEGIS-
LATURE
that convenes here next Tuesday have be-
gun to put in an appearance,
though there seems to be no particu-
lar object in their early arrival beyond get
ting acquainted and feeling each others
pulse. p. J. McCumber of Wahpeton, a
Republican member of the council, is Oh
the ground stretching wires that he hopes
will pull him into the craftsmanship of that
"dy. He is lawyer of considerable
hiding and plays stiff game of ''sinch."
which renders him exceedingly solid with
members from cities and towns. MI.
McCumber will not take undisputed pos
session of the presidents chair. He will be
worried by Frank WaShabaugh and John
Kane. Washabaugh is an old time
Republican from the Black Hills
and is generally looked upon as the candi-
date of the HomeStake Mining company.
He is an influential man and rests in the
hollow of Judge Moody's strong right
hand. 1t is the general impression that
Washabaugh's popularity will give him the
Office. yet his coming from the Black Hills
country may tell dsastronsly against him.
John Kane the other candidate for the
craftsmanship, is editor of the Huron Daily
Times, and us far as can be learned stands
but little show of winning, though it is I'M
derStood that if he is not thrown good
sweet morsel somebody will suffer an
editorial tiaying that will prove more pain
sful than interesting.
THE FIGHT FOR THR SPEAKERSHIP
of the lower house will be sharp one.
Where are now two candidates in the field,
with the probability that there will be more
I fore next Tuesday. Z. \. Williams. a
Bismarck citizen, who has long been inter-
ested i'll Dakota politics, leads with very
good chances of winning the prize. He
was formerly speaker of the lower house
and has been in the legislature off and on
since 1878. Close behind Williams comes
Frank Akin with just enough prospects
of election to worry the other candidates.
Akin is a young lawyer of Canton, and is
generally considered q ruStler and a SYM
pathiZer with the farmers and horny
banded, hard-fsted workingman. These
personal views will help him out when the
fight comes, and he may get there, but il
will be hard to beat Williams, though the
fact that the latter candidate is citizen OF
Bismarck and naturally interested in the
prosperity of this blooming little city, may
tell against him with the South Dakota
members and representatives from the re-
mote rural districts, who are inclined tC
think that Bismarck is too apt to copper
the earth.